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technique Word or Phrase:Ground Penetrating Radar  
Definition:Ground-penetrating radar is a geophysical technique that sends electromagnetic pulses into the ground and records the pattern of their reflection. A radar antenna is towed along the ground surface and radar waves are sent into the ground. As they reflect off any archaeological buried features some of the waves are reflected back to the surface and are measured by another receiving antenna. The radar travel times are measured and stored on a computer. The readings can then be plotted to create a three dimensional picture of the features below the ground. See also geophysical survey.
Word or Phrase:PENCIL SHARPENING STONE *  
Definition:A stone, usually found in a schoolyard, either built into a wall or forming part of a free standing structure, on which pencils can be sharpened. Although increasingly rare examples do survive.
monument Word or Phrase:PENTECOSTALIST CHURCH *  
Definition:A place of worship for followers of the Pentecost (ie. emphasising the gifts of the Holy Spirit).
monument Word or Phrase:PENITENCE MAZE *  
Definition:A maze used for the act of penitence.
monument Word or Phrase:DISPERSAL PEN *  
Definition:An area of hardstanding, surrounded on three sides by a protective wall or bank, used for parking aircraft, in a state of readiness, usually around the perimeter of an airfield.
monument Word or Phrase:PENTAD HANGAR *  
Definition:An all-steel end-opening, hangar with canted sides designed for folded-wing aircraft.
monument Word or Phrase:PENGUIN POOL *  
Definition:A pool of water, and ancillary buildings, designed to accommodate penguins.
monument Word or Phrase:PENITENTIARY *  
Definition:An institution for convicted prisoners held under a regime which strove to reform by means of silent isolation and labour.
monument Word or Phrase:FIGHTER PEN *  
Definition:A turf-covered mound in a curvilinear E-shape, and hard-standing to take an aircraft. There were usually an access point to an air raid shelter at the rear. In use during WW2
monument Word or Phrase:LAMBING PEN *  
Definition:An enclosure where ewes are kept at the time of lambing.
monument Word or Phrase:PEN FACTORY *  
Definition:A building or buildings used for the production of pens.
monument Word or Phrase:PENCIL MILL *  
Definition:A factory where pencils are manufactured.
monument Word or Phrase:CATTLE PEN *  
Definition:An enclosure for cattle.
monument Word or Phrase:BLAST PEN *  
Definition:A protective structure, often made of sandbags with reinforcement, designed to protect aircraft at airfields from enemy attack.
monument Word or Phrase:GOOSE PEN *  
Definition:An enclosure or pen for confining geese.
monument Word or Phrase:BOAR PEN *  
Definition:A pen to separate the boar from the other pigs.
monument Word or Phrase:BULL PEN *  
Definition:An enclosure for the containment of a bull.
monument Word or Phrase:PEN POND *  
Definition:A pond storing water to supply a HAMMER POND.
monument Word or Phrase:PENSTOCK *  
Definition:A pipe, usually of reinforced concrete or metal, which delivers pressurized water from a dam to hydraulic turbines.
monument Word or Phrase:RAMS PEN *  
Definition:Cubicles for housing rams, resembling pigsties with their own yard but slightly larger.
monument Word or Phrase:PEN *  
Definition:A small enclosure for cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, etc. Use more specific type where known.

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